What money should I use when buying my first property

[Jesse Felix]

Stats;

Married, socal,

Roughly make around 100k yearly

Debt;

Mortgage 1956 per month

We have around 15k saved up.

I have around 40k in credit cards that have zero balance and we both have excellent credit.

I want to buy a house fix it up and sell it to get a large chunk of cash to be able to fund other rental properties or brrrr investments

So my question is

WHERE DO I START?

in state

Out of state?

Do I buy something really small fix it up and sell it and move to larger items?

What do I do?

Thanks bigger pockets fam! I know you guys are going to come through

Jesse